With such a fast-paced world, who wouldn’t want to take a break and escape it all? Folks in the city are especially surrounded with noise, activity and perpetual change. A quiet, provincial life is what a lot of people long for, but it’s not easy to drop everything and change lifestyles....
Rodents are often seen as pests on farms because they tend to munch on crops and other vulnerable objects in the field and stocks. However, there are already some farmers in Australia raising rodents as livestock. While rodent farming is not entirely new for some farmers in Australia, it is...
Different photo and video content are being published across social media channels daily, ranging from food tastings to strange activities. In the age of social media, several farmers and farming enthusiasts are also holding up their phones and cameras to share their lives in the field with the...
This year’s UPLIFT Awardee for Agriculture is Jocelyn Mamar, owner of John and Marga Nursery Farm, which has sites in Davao del Sur, Cavite, and Bacolod. The farm’s main crop is coffee, specifically coffee seedlings. Jocelyn Mamar is the owner of John and Marga Nursery Farm, which has farms...
Rodolfo “Jun” Adarlo Jr., a retired mechanical engineer and OFW, thought that he should still live an active lifestyle even after retirement. So, in 2018, he established a farm in Ilat South San Pascual Batangas to keep him moving, provide a sustainable food source, be an avenue of simple...
An Australian couple earned more money and time after venturing into worm farming. Today, they provide more than a hundred boxes of worms to their community. Photo: Sippakorn Yamkasikorn/Pexels Rohan, a carpenter, and Ellie Watson, a teacher, were both not interested in worm farming at first...
NASA is working with researchers in Melbourne to develop facilities and plants that can be grown on Mars and the moon. As space technology helps develop agriculture, the future of space exploration also depends on the advancements in agriculture. Photo: NASA According to Gaia Project Australia...
Livestock and fisheries have long been called out for being the top contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture industry. New research suggests that it is all because of conventional animal feed. Photo from Arthouse Studio/Pexels In a recently published study in the journal...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go has expressed his support to the use of government-owned idle lands, penal colonies as agricultural areas to improve food production, promote food sufficiency in the Philippines. Go said converting idle government lands into agricultural areas will promote food...
While the culture of male dominance in agriculture is still prevalent, women's rights advocates believe that education matters in changing the landscape for women in agriculture. Photo from Pixabay During the National Dialogue on Women in Agriculture in Germany, government leaders, and...
By James Tababa Jennie Lizza Pineda, 29, is the owner of Sunshine Ae L’s Quail Farm in Sta. Ana, Pampanga. A mother of two kids, it is important for her to have multiple sources of income to support her family. She is currently the secretary of Sta. Ana Agricultural Multi-Purpose Cooperative and...
After retiring from her 17-year-stint as an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), Evelyn De Guzman-Breguera experienced difficulties in finding local job opportunities, especially in her home province of Pangasinan. However, spending days alongside farming communities, as well as the inspiration of her...
